State Service Manual
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1. Mount a HW device or SW EC tel Shutdown Add a user form E Load state E Store state Figure 4 VR State task entries Copyright 2006 Innovative Technologies Inc 6 All Rights Reserved Virtual Rack State Service Manual VR State Views The VR State view is a one stop shop for all things state The context menu and state tasks only expose the most common state tasks Advanced features can only be accessed from the VR State view YR Process Panel QALB Address WAAKUNS SHUTTLESXPraceessvIEWERB2I 34 AAn dEF 1Ab d ABIL AT e KA VOVROatabases Rotate Process xml Description Show Advanced Options Merge State On Store Store in Load Figure 5 VR State view The file path edit control at the top specifies the state file path used to store restore state Use the ellipsis button to browse to a different file Description The description area allows the user to add read notes about the state file For example after successfully configuring a Symmetricom BC635 card to synchronize with an incoming IRIG signal the user may want to store the Copyright 2006 Innovative Technologies Inc 7 All Rights Reserved Virtual Rack State Service Manual setup configuration and leave notes about how the state file will affect the card configuration YR BC635PCI Panel V WPLDIatabasessvmestartesBob35PU E xml Description Gei AlG code formatto FIG B aet Time cade m2. is stored relative to the computer eg Process Software MyServer2 Loading the state file will always attempt to load to the servers running on the local computer This configuration is the default and desirable on single computer systems Relative state files will continue to function when the computer name is changed or if moved to a second workstation system with identical server names Relative to Process URL is stored relative to the computer and process eg Software MyServer2 This allows the user to move a server to a different process without invalidating state files Relative to Object URL is stored relative to the parent object Using this setting the user can load the same state file into multiple instances of a server Copyright 2006 Innovative Technologies Inc 12 All Rights Reserved
3. Reserved Virtual Rack State Service Manual Recording Recording of TestStand state store and load steps use the drop down menus from the store and load buttons YR VRTestServer Panel BA G Address VWAARONS SHUTTLE Process Hardware VRTestserver VIEWER 34 w Vw WV mRLDatabasesssvBStateVv ES TestSereer xml Description Show Advanced Options Merge State On Store Store Load x Record Testitandi TM Store step Figure 9 Recording a TestStand step Recording a state step will start an active recording if it has not already been started See the TestStand service chapter for further details Copyright 2006 Innovative Technologies Inc 10 All Rights Reserved Advanced Options Virtual Rack State Service Manual Use the Show Advanced Options check box when finer control of the state file contents is required Advanced state options should only be used by expert Virtual Rack users show Advanced Options Store T Advanced Options v Attributes Stimulus Response Store only Merge State On Store Load m Use Update cache value A S TIM FATTR DAL Format Relative to Computer v Figure 10 VR State advanced options Attributes Stimulus Response Use Update cache only Store the attributes of each object in the tree Examples of object attributes are label units display range etc This setting defaults to true but users may want to disable
4. T INDIRECT SPECIAL INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE SOFTWARE OR DOCUMENTATION even if advised of the possibility of such damages In particular ITI shall have no liability for any programs or data stored or used with Virtual Rack including the costs of recovering such programs or data Copyright 2006 Innovative Technologies Inc 7080 Donlon Way Suite 109 Dublin California U S A 94568 925 803 2880 www VirtualRack com All Rights Reserved Printed in the United States Virtual Rack is a trademark of Innovative Technologies Inc All brand names and product names used in this documentation are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners The Virtual Rack software has U S and International Patents Pending Copyright 2006 Innovative Technologies Inc All Rights Reserved Virtual Rack State Service Manual MIS STIATESERVIGE tio Sic EI M I EE 5 AE MERA LEE 5 VR State Context Menu oet eb eei a a ee 5 VROES A om mem 6 WIR OAE VIEWS dme T sao 7 Beeler EE T Merge Stale On litiasis 8 RECON Oien TN 10 Advanced Goo RE 11 Copyright 2006 Innovative Technologies Inc All Rights Reserved Virtual Rack State Service Manual List of Figures Figure T VIS State MTG ACC ssl 5 Figure 2 YR State context MGM scisco oi couse i opu oq oe acad cule otv tee patus a ha ses 5 Figure 3 Multi select state store
5. Virtual Rack State Service Manual www Virtual Aack com Part Numb a VRSM S1 750 DOC Innovative Technologies Inc Copyright 2006 Innovative Technologies Inc All Rights Reserved This documentation and the software described in it are copyrighted with all rights reserved Under the copyright laws neither the documentation nor the software may be copied photocopied reproduced translated or reduced to any electronic medium or machine readable form in whole or in part without the written consent of Innovative Technologies Inc ITI except in the manner described in this manual ITI does not warrant that the Virtual Rack software package will function properly in every hardware software environment Virtual Rack amp may not work in combination with modified versions of the operating system in conjunction with certain memory resident programs with certain print spooling or file facility programs or with certain printers supplied by independent manufacturers Although ITI has tested the software and reviewed the documentation ITI MAKES NO WARRANTY OR REPRESENTATION EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WITH RESPECT TO THIS SOFTWARE OR DOCUMENTATION THEIR QUALITY PERFORMANCE MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AS A RESULT THIS SOFTWARE AND DOCUMENTATION ARE LICENSED AS IS AND YOU THE LICENSEE ARE ASSUMING THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THEIR QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE IN NO EVENT WILL ITI BE LIABLE FOR DIREC
6. ade to amplitude modulated aet propagation delay ta U micro seconds Show Advanced Options Merge State On Store store Y Load Figure 6 VR State file description example These notes are persisted in the state file and become an important reference on racks with complex state files Merge State On Store Use the Merge State On Store check box to add additional state to an existing state file Storing state to an existing file with Merge State On Store unchecked will simplv overwrite the file Copyright 2006 Innovative Technologies Inc 8 All Rights Reserved Virtual Rack State Service Manual Overwrite Xx File VAVRDatabasesYVBR5tatei5tate ml already exists Do you want to overwrite the existing state file Overwrite Cancel Figure 7 VR State store overwrite prompt Click Overwrite button to replace the state file However with the Merge State On Store checked storing to an existing file will prompt you to merge with the file s existing state information This is the default behavior for the VR otate context menu and tasks Merge x File VA RDatabases V R5tate State xml already exists Do you want to merge state data into the existing state file Cancel Figure 8 VR State store merge prompt This feature is invaluable when users want to keep state in one file but build that state one server at a time Copyright 2006 Innovative Technologies Inc 9 All Rights
7. attribute storage to reduce the size of the resulting state file and the related load time of that state file Store the value of data type objects This setting does not apply to non data types such as VR actions VR collections etc Store the value of read only value types Read only values will not be restored when the state file is loaded Controls whether state loading and storage uses the cached property values This setting is useful when storing state on a system with long hardware Copyright 2006 Innovative Technologies Inc 11 All Rights Reserved Virtual Rack State Service Manual access times To reduce state storage times store state using the cached values to avoid invoking a hardware access Use the URL format field to control how URLs are stored in the state file The URL format affects how easily the state file can be re used on different computers or different object instances Absolute URL is stored with the specific computer and instance name making the state file compatible only with the computer and instance name it was created with For example storing state on the MyServer2 server will store state URLs as MyComputer Process Software MyServer2 The state file will always target MyServer2 on MyComputer regardless of what computer it is loaded from This setting is used on enterprise systems where users want to load system state from any computer on the network Relative to Computer URL
8. ice adds the ability to store or load state on any VR Object B hal T ji hal ae fr I Mount Operate Record Extend bout Object giis AARONS_SHUTTLE sl Process A View J Control Browse c Services t State wi Store Create Server 3 SE ra fll Load Labview VI ats Shutdown Process Figure 2 VR State context menu oelecting either the state store or load command will query the user for a file path Selecting a path to an existing file will merge the new state information into the file s existing state Copyright 2006 Innovative Technologies Inc All Rights Reserved 5 Virtual Rack State Service Manual As an alternative to state merging users can store state on multiple objects at once T T Mount mer Record Extend Object Sjt Sample Interface uj Alarm A view A bvpasstnable ABFileConfigPath A Control AB FileResultsFilename AB PileResults Path Q InduceErrars c Gerwvices Ey State UT IsFaultDetected Tricorder EI Load LJ KeyPattern Push Value Q Lastkew Pull value A perationMode TH PhaseNoiseAverageResults Figure 3 Multi select state store When loading state the menu context only applies for state files that use relative path URLs VR State Tasks The VR State service adds a load and store task to the task list of all VR objects Process Li Collection 4 Control L Object State o 3 Messages e
9. uk RENE 6 Figure 4 VR Stale task enlries ila oto otto operai etch ap e dea dota ia 6 Foure S YR SING ACC T Figure 6 VR State file description example ss seen nnnnnnnnnnnn nn nn rna nnnn ran rank nn nnnntnnnnnnznnnnnznnnnnznnntnn 8 Figure 7 VR State store overwrite prompt n nnesnnusunnsnnnsnrnnrnrnrnrrsrrrnrnrrsnrronrrrrnrrsnrrnnrrnnrrnnrrnnnrreenerne 9 Figure 8 VR State store merge prompt L KA EAEKA IF EKEK EN AKEKEnIEENEnnzzzznEnzzz mnn 9 Figure 9 Recording a TestStand sten 10 Figure 10 VR State advanced opttons on nn rre r rra r nn rn nnnnrannnnnnnnns 11 Copyright O 2006 Innovative Technologies Inc All Rights Reserved 4 Virtual Rack State Service Manual VR State Service The Virtual Rack State service is used to persist the attributes and or values of VR objects recursively from any point in the system hierarchy The State service is an invaluable tool for preserving hardware configuration settings and reliably restoring those settings each time the system is started The VR otate service provides many advanced features for controlling how much state information is stored loaded merging additional state into an existing file and controlling how objects are referenced within the file VR State Interface ft LoadState 1 Load a state XML file lt StoreState Store a state XML file Requires a starting URL Figure 1 VR State Interface VR State Context Menu The VR State serv
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